Microservices vs. Web Services: How the two Software Development Architecture Differ?

The terms Microservices and Web Services have been used extensively in recent years. Both are incredibly important for web development and, considering the way they are used, it’s almost as if the two terms are interchangeably, although in practice they are different technologies.
To better understand the difference between microservices and web services, let’s recall some important concepts and clarify a few things. 

What do you need to know about Microservices?

Microservices, also known as microservices architecture, is an architectural style that structures a solution as a collection of tightly coupled services that implement business capabilities.
The microservices architecture divides large monolithic applications with complex, massive internal architectures into smaller, scalable applications independently. Each microservice is small & less complex to deploy, update, and develop.

Benefits of Microservices

The microservice architecture enables continuous delivery and deployment of complex and large applications.
Makes continuous deployment possible:
Because each microservice can be deployed independently, developers should not coordinate the deployment of local changes specific to their service. Updates and new features can be deployed faster and easier, making continuous deployment possible where it was not available previously.
Optimizes sizing:
Sizing is often the weak point of monolithic applications, preventing them from responding effectively to the needs of the business. Microservices are a way of isolating sometimes saturated functions and of constructing them horizontally. Organizations can also deploy only the number of instances they need in each department, leveraging the materials that best meet the resource needs of each department.
Addresses the problem of complexity:
The microservice architecture breaks down what would otherwise be a heavy monolithic application into a set of manageable services whose respective boundaries are well defined in the form of RPCs or message-based APIs. With such a level of modularity, individual services can be developed more quickly and are much easier to understand and maintain.

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